Japan Open Chronicles Live
As with any good sporting event, there will be a loyal following of
fans eager to engage in the daily news and overall experience of the
Japan Open as it unfolds. The Internet is a great way to feed this PDGA
Major event...

2010 Japan Open Set to Take Center Stage
For the nearly two hundred players, volunteers, and fans traveling to
the majestic Nasu Highlands Golf Club in Tochigi prefecture Japan,
their bags are packed, their 150-class discs are chosen, and their
hope...

Hero Disc USA is happy to announce the winner of the Japan Open 2010 Great
Airfare
Giveaway!
On Friday May 7, 2010 Dave Dunipace, President of Innova Champion Disc,
drew the
lucky winner.
Omedetou Gozaimasu and Congratulations!
Terry Miller fr...

Download the 2010 Course MapThis year we have made
a few changes to the Japan
Open Format to allow the event to
accommodate additional players. First,
two separate 18 hole courses have been
designed at the Nasu Highland Golf Club. The Upper Course ...

Great Wave Star Katana
Traditional Japanese Great Wave crashes chains with Star Katana! Only
100 Star Katanas where produced with this bold and powerful INNColor
design. Look closely. You might catch a glimpse of the Hero AIRMAN
before he disappea...

2nd Run Katana Unsheathed!
The 2nd Run Champion Katanas will be released from Hero Disc USA at 12PM PDT on 11-27-09 (Black Friday)
Innova produced a second run of limited
Champion Katana. This run was made with
a mixture of the original (FIRMER) ...

2nd Run Katana Unsheathed!
The 2nd Run Champion Katanas will be released from Hero Disc USA at 12PM PDT on 11-27-09 (Black Friday) The second Japan Open fund-raising offering is the 2nd Run Katana (unreleased from Innova).
Innova produced a se...

Katana Unsheathed!
KATANA- [kah-tah-nah]Origin Japan 1392~
A curved single-edged sword traditionally used by Japanese Samurai. The samurai would give names to their swords as they believed their warrior spirit lived within the Katana.
Origin Ranch...

The philosophy of Japan Open has always been to
act as a vehicle for unifying flying disc sports, not just in Japan, but
throughout the world. Gaining
players from eleven different nations this year will help Hero Disc achieve its
perpet...

With June rapidly
approaching, the disc golf world is now turning its attention towards the East,
as the Japan Open is once again on the PDGA calendar. Again sanctioned as a “Major” by the PDGA,
this year’s event will expand...

From the success of
the 2004 Japan Open, Hero Disc and Innova Champion Discs had a strong
foundation upon which to build their high quality Japanese competition and
experience. The 2006 Japan Open was
again held at Nasushiobara, bu...

Launched in 1987 by
Mr. Kozo Shimbo, the Japan Open began in the Tokyo neighborhood of Tachikawa
Showa Kinen Park. Real estate was (and
continues to) be gained at a premium in this country, which meant that, while
disc golf wou...

The
expected rain this week never became a hindrance for any of the rounds.
However, the adversity for the final round today was the high winds.
The wind was so extreme at times with gusts, that it just about knocked
a person o...

Trying to
characterize modern Japanese culture is a challenge, even for the most astute
observers. Clearly, there is tremendous
respect of the ancient traditions and rituals that were often borrowed from
Chinese legends and l...

The
expected rain this week never became a hindrance for any of the rounds.
However, the adversity for the final round today was the high winds.
The wind was so extreme at times with gusts, that it just about knocked
a person o...